guten Tag
\ˈɡu.tn̩ ˈtaːk\
The verdict
“guten Tag” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bonjour, salut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guten-tag · guten Tag · French
guten Tag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guten Tag |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ˈɡu.tn̩ ˈtaːk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guten Tag » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guten Tag is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ˈɡu.tn̩ ˈtaːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bonjour, salut.".
guten Tag has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is guten Tag, spelled G-U-T-E-N- -T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Bonjour, salut.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.